Development in Later Adulthood
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- Created on: 28-03-17 11:44
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- Development in Later Adulthood
- Physical
- Get shorter
- Weight loss
- Skin is thinner and more elastic
- Reduces strength, stamina, flexibility and agility
- Reduced hearing and eye sight
- Intellectual
- Forgetting words
- Action slips
- Slower problem solving
- Slow to adapt to new ideas
- Reduced long term and short term memory
- Reduced memory for recent events
- Emotional
- Reduced self-concept
- Reduced confidence
- Reduced self-esteem
- Bereavment
- Loneliness
- Social
- Less social contact
- Retirement
- Death of a partner
- Social isolation
- Reduced social skills
- Physical
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